vulturine 
the cere and toes are yellow, the eyes are umber-brown, 
and the beak is horn-color. Vulturine guinea-fowl, the 
naked-necked guinea-fowl, Acrylliuin t-iiitt/rininn. This 
is a remarkable form, with the head and upper part of the 
neck nearly hare, like a vulture's, the lower neck, the 
Vulturine Guinea-fowl (.Acrylltum vulturinum). 
breast, and fore back plumaged with very long discrete 
lance-linear feathers of black, white, and blue color ; the 
narrow acuminate middle tail-feathers long-exserted ; the 
general plumage black, spotted with white ; the lower 
breast light-blue ; and the flanks purple, ocellated with 
black and white. This guinea-fowl inhabits Madagascar 
as well as various parts of continental Africa. Vultur- 
ine raven, the vulture-raven. Vulturine sea-eagle, 
an occasional erroneous name of the Angola vulture of 
West Africa. See cut under Gypohierax. 
vulturisb. (vul'tur-ish), . [< vulture + -t'sfli.] 
Same as vulturine, 2. 
Hawkish, aquiline, not to say vulturish. 
Carlyle, Misc., IV. 245. (Danes.) 
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vulturism (vul'tur-izm), . [< vulture + -/*<.] 
Vulturine character or quality ; rapacity. Car- 
li/le. 
villturn (vul'tern), )(. [Arbitrary var. of )/- 
ture, appar. through vulturine.'] The brush-tur- 
key of Australia, Talet/allus lathami : so named 
from the nakedness of the head suggesting a 
vulture. See cut under Talegallus. 
vulturous (vul'tur-us), a. [< vulture + -.] 
Like or characteristic of a vulture. 
Such gawks (Gecken) are they, and foolish peacocks, and 
yet with such a mdtnrmu hunger for self-indulgence. 
Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, ii. 4. 
vulva (vul'vii), n. [= F. value = Sp. Pg. vulva 
= It. volva, t L. vulva, volva, a covering, integu- 
ment, womb, < volvere, roll around or about: see 
volve, volute.} 1. In anat., the external organs 
of generation of the female ; especially, the ori- 
fice of these parts, the external termination of 
the vagina of an elliptical contour in the hu- 
man female. 2. Inentom., the orifice of the ovi- 
duct. 3. In conch., the oval or vulviform con- 
formation presented by certain bivalve shells 
when the right and left valves are in apposition. 
See Veneridie Velamen vulva. See vdamen. Ves- 
tibule Of the vulva. See vestibule. 
vulvar (vul'var), a. [< vulva + -arB.] Of or 
pertaining to the vulva; vulviform. Vulvar 
canal. Same as mdm, 2. Vulvar enterocele. (a) A 
vaginal hernia protruding through the vulva, (b) A hernia 
which has descended between the minus of the ischium 
and the vagina into one of the labia majora; pudendal 
enterocele or hernia. Vulvar hernia. Same as vulvar 
enterocele. 
vulvate (vul'vat), a. [< vulva +-atel.] Shaped 
like or formed into a vulva ; vulvar ; vulviform. 
vulviform (vul'vi-f6rm), a. [< L. vulva, womb, 
+ forma, form : see form.'] 1 . In zool., shaped 
like the vulva of the human female ; oval, with 
raised lips and a median cleft. 2. In bot., like 
a cleft with projecting edges. 
vulvismus (vul-vis'mus), n. [NL., < L. vulva, 
vulva.] Same as vaginisnms. 
vysar 
VUlvitis (vul-vi'tis), n. [NL., < L. vulva + 
-itis.~\ Inflammation of the vulva. 
vulvo-uterine (vul-vo-u'te-rin), . Of or per- 
taining to the vulva and the uterus : as, the ml- 
vn-uterine canal (the vagina). 
vulvovaginal (vul-vo-vaj'i-nal), a. Pertaiiiint,' 
to the vulva and the vagina. Vulvovaginal ca- 
naL Same as vagina. Vulvovagiualglands.the glands 
of Bartholin or odoriferous glands in the female, corre- 
sponding to Cowper's glands in the male. See gland. 
vulvovaginitis (vul-vo-vaj-i-ni'tis^ n. [NL., 
< vulva + vagina + -itis.] Inflammation of 
both the vulva and the vagina. 
vum (vum), v. i. A corruption or equivalent of 
vow, used in the expression " I vum," a mild ex- 
pletive or oath. Compare sican 2 . [New Eng.] 
The Deacon swore (as Deacons do, 
With an "I dew vum," or an "I tell yeou "). 
0. W. Holmes, Deacon's Masterpiece. 
vummera, . Same as wtimmeraJt. 
V-vat (ve'vat), n. In mining, a pointed or V- 
shapedbox in which crushed or pulverized ores 
are sized or classified by the aid of water. The 
earthy particles mingled with the ore entering above fall 
against a current of water rising from beneath, the ve- 
locity of which is regulated so that a more or less complete 
separation of the ore from the gangue is effected. These 
boxes are generally arranged in a series of four or more, 
and there are many varieties of the apparatus, of wliich 
the general principle was the invention of Von Rittinger, 
an Austrian metallurgist. This method has proved to be 
of great value in ore-dressing. Also called pointed box, 
pyramidal box, and spiiaJcaeten. 
V. y. An abbreviation in book-catalogues of 
various years. 
vycet, An obsolete spelling of vise*. 
vying (vi'ing), j>. . [Ppr. of vie 1 , .] Compet- 
ing; emulating. 
vyingly (vl'ing-li), adv. Emulously. Encyc. 
Diet. 
vynet, * An obsolete spelling of vine. 
vynert, An obsolete spelling of viner 1 , ri- 
vyret, An obsolete spelling of Dire 1 . 
vysart, An obsolete spelling of vizor. 
